Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council unanimously approved, in concept, a 20-year vision to improve the city’s bicycling infrastructure.
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At Brower Center, 2 artists drive home climate change
Edward Morris (left) and Susannah Sayler with the Canary Project, which is showing at the David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley. Photo: Chris Meyer/Midwest Vision Photography By Spencer Silva On Friday night at the David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley, Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris were awarded the center’s eighth annual Art/Act Award for their environmental activist […]
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Curbside electric car charging stations arrive in Berkeley
Berkeley is one of the first cities in the nation to allow private curbside charging for electric vehicles.
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Op-ed: Draft bicycle plan is good, but not good enough
Bike Plan drafting. Photo: Courtesy Dave Campbell Berkeley’s draft bicycle plan, released Aug. 29, is a good improvement over its current plan, and is better than most bicycle plans currently under development in other East Bay cities such as Concord, Pleasanton and Moraga. But Bike East Bay members and thousands of people who bicycle in […]
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Berkeley launches first ‘Resilience Strategy’ in Bay Area
Helping community members connect, through efforts such as Berkeley CERT, is one way to build resilience, according to Berkeley’s new Resilience Strategy. CERT volunteers are seen here in a “search and rescue” exercise. Photo: Emilie Raguso, is one way to build resilience, according to Berkeley’s new Resilience Strategy. CERT volunteers are seen here in a “search and rescue” exercise. Photo: Emilie Raguso […]
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Berkeley wins $1M parking grant to fix ‘2-hour shuffle’
Berkeley is looking to improve the “parking experience” in residential neighborhoods. Photo: Chris Makarsky Berkeley is looking to improve the “parking experience” in residential neighborhoods. Photo: Chris Makarsky A Berkeley plan to improve residential parking woes won a $1 million grant this week from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to help the city continue its goBerkeley pilot program for […]
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Town hall Wednesday for ‘a more resilient Berkeley’
Berkeley CERT training is one of the city’s approaches to disaster preparedness. Photo: Emilie Raguso Berkeley CERT training is one of the city’s approaches to disaster preparedness. Photo: Emilie Raguso The city of Berkeley is holding a town hall meeting Wednesday focused on improving the community’s resilience in the face of natural disasters and “the […]
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Berkeley Bicycle Plan workshop draws a crowd
Attendees at Monday’s bike plan workshop gave feedback about what they like, and don’t like, about cycling in Berkeley. Photo: Emilie Raguso Attendees at Monday’s bike plan workshop gave feedback about what they like, and don’t like, about cycling in Berkeley. Photo: Emilie Raguso More than 100 people turned out Monday night to offer feedback […]
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Berkeley bike festival, cycling plan open house coming up
Get your bike on with two important events coming up in Berkeley in the next week. Photo: Bikes in Berkeley Berkeley cycling aficionados have two big events coming up in the next week: the city’s third annual Bikes in Berkeley Festival on Sunday, followed by an open house Monday focused on a major update to […]
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Berkeley council adopts new building sustainability law; small properties exempt for now
Berkeley is not moving fast enough toward its Climate Action Plan goals, says city staff. Image: City of Berkeley The Berkeley City Council unanimously adopted a new law Tuesday night aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by making local buildings more sustainable, but included carve-outs — at least initially — for properties with up to four […]
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Berkeley competes for $5M energy efficiency prize
Fifty cities and counties, including Berkeley, have been named semifinalists in the $5 million Georgetown University Energy Prize. Berkeley is one of 50 communities across the country selected as a semifinalist for the Georgetown University Energy Prize, a national competition to reduce energy use with a $5 million prize for the winning community. Berkeley is one […]
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Berkeley property owners to pony up for energy audits
The Ed Roberts Campus is a high efficiency building already, thus likely to be exempt from the new laws, said city staff. Photo: Emilie Raguso The Ed Roberts Campus is a high efficiency building already, thus likely to be exempt from the new laws, said city staff. Photo: Emilie Raguso Later this month, the Berkeley City Council […]